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Does Biden know where our troops are?

By Conn Carroll
Published August 31, 2021 3:18pm ET
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Does Biden know where our troops are?
In this Jan. 25, 2018, photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. As the fight against IS in Syria grinds on, Iraqi troops stationed in western Iraq near the border continue to call on coalition forces for help sharing intelligence and launching strikes. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremists’ rise remain. | (AP Photo/Susannah George)

As President Joe Biden and his minions continue to spin his catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, one reemerging theme is that they don’t seem to have a firm grasp on which countries the United States does and does not have troops in.

First, two weeks ago, when ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked about the threat to the U.S. from al Qaeda after the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Biden responded:

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